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Breast Cancer
Data on breast cancer reported by I. Langer and co-researchers
February 10th, 2009
According to recent research from Switzerland, " To assess the accuracy of sentinel lymph node (SLN) frozen section in a prospective multicenter study of early-stage breast cancer patients. Summary background data The decision to perform an immediate completion axillary node dissection (ALND) is based on results of SLN frozen section." "However, SLN frozen sections are not routinely performed in all centers. Moreover, the accuracy of SLN frozen section remains a matter of great debate. Prospective multicenter trial analyzing 659 early stage breast cancer patients (pT1 and pT2 a parts per thousand currency sign 3 cm, cN0) enrolled between January 2000 and December 2003....
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-02-10)
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